Apple imac - I have an apple imac (late 2013) and the family were moaning that it was slow.

It is a nightmare to open and replace the drive on modern imacs because they are a sealed unit.

Bought one of these (previous posting on hotukdeals from Dabs for the same price) and bought a £15 caddy from amazon. This connects using a usb 3 cable. - so it is an external drive

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B00OB2R2LS/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=recent#RCIVZ3OEYO8T4



I didnt think this would work but thought that if it didn't, I could sell it on ebay and get my money back

WOW - it has totally transformed my imac. It boots quickly, programs open quickly. I need to use windows and have parallels which used to be really really slow. (waiting 30 seconds to respond to a right click). With this, parallels works immediately. (As fast as my laptop which already has a ssd installed)

I bought some velco pads from amazon and used these to put the caddy on the back of the imac. - if I need to remove it, it quickly lifts off.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0017GKK5G?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01
It looks really neat.

Installing OS X on an external drive is really easy, even for someone who doesnt know much about computers.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202796

Great price. Heat added.

Performance is great with all ssds, differences are minimal to negligible.

The Ultra has 3 layer NAND which is extremely slow, so it operates some of it in SLC mode to act as a write buffer. Once this buffer fills, you get write speeds of ~100mb/s. This buffer is sold as a positive thing, although in reality its a neccesity to allow 3 layer drives to compete in the market. The Plus has 2 layer NAND, although it's probably low end, its still faster than 3 layer at writes as far as I'm aware. I have a 240Gb plus and its been pretty good so far. I prefer consistency, so wouldn't personally get the Ultra.

Bought one of these for my sons PC just before xmas at the same price. Terrific value at this price. Ok it's not the fastest ssd in the world but a good compromise of cost v performance

Thanks mate! Was waiting for an offer like this!

How much of a difference is there between this Plus version compared to the Ultra ii? The ultra ii has been available quite often for £89 and I'm not sure it's worth saving a tenner to get the lesser plus version

I've bought 3 of these in the last 2 weeks!! and now this comes along....this site costs me a fortune :smiley:

Blimey my nose has started bleeding! What a stonking price! Hotter than Satans....

Great price. Heat added.

Performance is great with all ssds, differences are minimal to negligible.

The fall in price in these is so beautiful!

Are there any proper reviews of this drive online? I only seem to be finding reviews for the ultra models